• OldMole [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Straining my brain trying to decipher the logic used to highlight some of the pairings but not the others

    • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Well let's see here:

      1. Enemies to lovers
      2. Pupil / Teacher
      3. Enemies to lovers
      4. Pupil / Teacher
      5. Enemies to lovers
      6. Enemies to lovers

      My best guess is that they're not a fan of enemies starting to fuck or teachers taking advantage.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        All I'm reading is

        • Main Character / Main Character

        for most of these.

        Like, what were we really expecting? Ships of Hagrid and McGonagall?

      • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        I mean I can see the student/teacher being cringe ones but like

        If I was a liberal (which I‘m not I swear please believe me) and into Harry Potter I would totally be down for Harry/Draco.

        Honestly the weirdest part to me is that so many people wrote fanfic about Harry‘s parents.

        • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          I didnt say that I was personally against it, just trying to maybe explain what they were thinking.

          Also a lot of those enemy/enemy ships can be non-con stuff, which is probably the main reason why China banned the site anyway. :shrug-outta-hecks:

          • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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            3 years ago

            I like China but their ban on porn is cringe

            Non-con (on both ends) is a super popular kink, I don’t see what’s wrong with writing fanfic with it

            • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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              3 years ago

              Most non-con stuff that I've seen on Ao3 is just straight up r*pe fantasies.

              Funnily enough there's 3000 works on the Harry Potter category that has both the tags "Underage" and "R*pe/Non-con" on them. Now I don't really care what adults get up to reading and writing wise, but you don't even need to log in to find this stuff.

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              3 years ago

              Meh. Its patronizing.

              But consider the degree to which Chinese residents have been sexually exploited by foreigners, historically speaking. I'm not surprised to see a prudish reaction to a Century of Humiliation.

    • VolcelPolice [any]
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      3 years ago

      The highlighted ones include at least one wizard nazi each